British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM, which has been under maintenance at Cardiff-Wales since 15th March, positioned Cardiff-Wales – London Heathrow early this evening as BA9172. The aircraft has been fitted new seat coverings in Economy and Premium Economy and it is now confirmed that the original IFE system has not been replaced.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM, which has been under maintenance at Cardiff-Wales since 12th December, positioned Cardiff-Wales – London Heathrow this evening as BA9179. The aircraft has had two engines swapped out.

Following its technical return to Phoenix on 6th December, British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM positioned Phoenix – Bermuda – Cardiff Wales for maintenance this afternoon as BA9174. The routing indicates that this was a three engine ferry flight.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM operating BA288 Phoenix – London Heathrow stopped the climb at 6,000 ft this evening due to an engine issue. Circled to work checklists whilst climbing to 10,000 ft then returned to Phoenix for a safe landing. The flight was subsequently cancelled.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM arrived into Cape Town as BA43 from London Heathrow (depart London Heathrow 13th March) this morning, however this evening’s return BA42 has been delayed overnight due to a technical issue.

Following its overnight stay, British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM departed Mexico City for London Heathrow late tonight as BA9606. Although this flight number would normally indicate a service flight this flight does not appear to have carried passengers.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM operated BA243 London Heathrow – Mexico City this afternoon, however the aircraft will overnight in Mexico after the return BA242 was operated by a sister aircraft following the cancellation of yesterday’s BA242 service.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM operated BA269 London Heathrow – Los Angeles this afternoon, however the return BA268 has been delayed overnight. It is not clear whether this is due to a technical or a crew issue.

Following the technical return of BA143 London Heathrow – Delhi to London Heathrow yesterday, British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM operated the delayed service this morning as BA143Y and will return early tomorrow morning operating today’s delayed BA142 Delhi – London Heathrow as BA142Y.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM operated BA209 London Heathrow – Miami today in place of the scheduled A380. As a result of there being no rested Boeing 747-400 crew at Miami the return BA208 will be delayed overnight.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM operated BA207 London Heathrow – Miami this morning, however the return BA206 has been delayed overnight after the aircraft encountered an issue with the #1 engine.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM, which has been under maintenance at Cardiff-Wales since 26th September, positioned Cardiff-Wales – London Heathrow early this evening as BA9172. The aircraft has been converted from 14F/70J/30W/177Y configuration to 14F/56W/36W/235Y configuration.

Following the earlier cancellations on the London Heathrow – Rome Fiumicino route due to the threat of Air Traffic Control strike action, British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM operated the BA560/BA559 London Heathrow – Rome Fiumicino rotation this afternoon in order to clear the passenger backlog.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM, which has been under maintenance at London Heathrow since 12th April, returned to service this afternoon operating BA193 London Heathrow – Dallas-Fort Worth. The aircraft has been repainted into White British Airways livery with OneWorld titles.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM operated BA195 London Heathrow – Houston today, however the return BA194 has been delayed overnight due to a problem with the locking mechanism on the Captain’s seat.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM operating BA247 London Heathrow – Sao Paulo (depart London 2nd February), diverted via Tenerife in the early hours of this morning due to a medical emergency on board.

Following the nose gear damaga issue it encountered on 23rd November, British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM departed Chicago this evening positioning Chicago – London Heathrow as BA9178 where the aircraft will go for repair.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM positioned New York JFK – Miami this morning as BA9153 to provide cover for sister G-CIVD which encountered a technical issue at Miami yesterday. G-CIVM would normally have operated the daylight BA178 New York JFK – London Heathrow flight, but this was instead operated by Boeing 777-236ER G-YMMG. G-CIVM then operated yesterday’s delayed BA208 Miami – London Heathrow as BA9604.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM operated yesterday’s delayed BA25 London Heathrow – Hong Kong early this afternoon as BA25X, and will operate today’s BA26 Hong Kong – London Heathrow as a day flight BA26X tomorrow. The flight was delayed due to Typhoon Utor at Hong Kong.

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVM operated BA283 London Heathrow – Los Angeles today however the return BA282 has been delayed overnight. It is not clear if this is due to a technical issue or a lack of available landing slots at Heathrow.